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| dominant strategy definition economics: Intermediate Microeconomics Patrick M. Emerson, 2019 |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Game Theory Steve Tadelis, 2013-01-06 The definitive introduction to game theory This comprehensive textbook introduces readers to the principal ideas and applications of game theory, in a style that combines rigor with accessibility. Steven Tadelis begins with a concise description of rational decision making, and goes on to discuss strategic and extensive form games with complete information, Bayesian games, and extensive form games with imperfect information. He covers a host of topics, including multistage and repeated games, bargaining theory, auctions, rent-seeking games, mechanism design, signaling games, reputation building, and information transmission games. Unlike other books on game theory, this one begins with the idea of rationality and explores its implications for multiperson decision problems through concepts like dominated strategies and rationalizability. Only then does it present the subject of Nash equilibrium and its derivatives. Game Theory is the ideal textbook for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. Throughout, concepts and methods are explained using real-world examples backed by precise analytic material. The book features many important applications to economics and political science, as well as numerous exercises that focus on how to formalize informal situations and then analyze them. Introduces the core ideas and applications of game theory Covers static and dynamic games, with complete and incomplete information Features a variety of examples, applications, and exercises Topics include repeated games, bargaining, auctions, signaling, reputation, and information transmission Ideal for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students Complete solutions available to teachers and selected solutions available to students |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Principles of Conflict Economics Charles H. Anderton, John R. Carter, 2019-04-25 Provides comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the key themes and principles of conflict economics. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Game Theory 101 William Spaniel, 2014 Game Theory 101: The Complete Textbook is a no-nonsense, games-centered introduction to strategic form (matrix) and extensive form (game tree) games. From the first lesson to the last, this textbook introduces games of increasing complexity and then teaches the game theoretical tools necessary to solve them. Quick, efficient, and to the point, Game Theory 101: The Complete Textbook is perfect for introductory game theory, intermediate microeconomics, and political science. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: An Introduction to Game Theory Martin J. Osborne, 2009-01 This text emphasizes the ideas behind modern game theory rather than their mathematical expression, but defines all concepts precisely. It covers strategic, extensive and coalitional games and includes the topics of repeated games, bargaining theory and evolutionary equilibrium. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Distributed Power Resources Ruisheng Li, 2019-06-14 Distributed Power Resources: Operation and Control of Connecting to the Grid presents research and development, lists relevant technologies, and draws on experience to tackle practical problems in the operation and control of distributed power. Key problems are identified and interrogated, as are requirements and application methods, associated power conversion tactics, operational control protections, and maintenance technologies. The title gives experimental verification of the technologies involved in several demonstration projects, including an active multi-resource distribution grid, and a high-density distributed resources connecting ac/dc hybrid power grid. The book considers the development of distributed photovoltaic power, wind power, and electric vehicle energy storage. It discusses the characteristics of distributed resources and the key requirements and core technologies for plug-and-play applications. - Considers the state-of-the-art in distributed power resources and their connection to the grid - Leverages practical experience and experimental data to solve problems of operation and control - Provides analysis of plug-and-play applications for distributed power supplies - Presents relevant technology and practical experience to industry - Explores potential new technologies in distributed power resources |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Modeling Strategic Behavior: A Graduate Introduction To Game Theory And Mechanism Design George J Mailath, 2018-12-18 It is impossible to understand modern economics without knowledge of the basic tools of gametheory and mechanism design. This book provides a graduate-level introduction to the economic modeling of strategic behavior. The goal is to teach Economics doctoral students the tools of game theory and mechanism design that all economists should know. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Game Theory through Examples Erich Prisner, 2014-12-31 Game Theory through Examples is a thorough introduction to elementary game theory, covering finite games with complete information. The core philosophy underlying this volume is that abstract concepts are best learned when encountered first (and repeatedly) in concrete settings. Thus, the essential ideas of game theory are here presented in the context of actual games, real games much more complex and rich than the typical toy examples. All the fundamental ideas are here: Nash equilibria, backward induction, elementary probability, imperfect information, extensive and normal form, mixed and behavioral strategies. The active-learning, example-driven approach makes the text suitable for a course taught through problem solving. Students will be thoroughly engaged by the extensive classroom exercises, compelling homework problems, and nearly sixty projects in the text. Also available are approximately eighty Java applets and three dozen Excel spreadsheets in which students can play games and organize information in order to acquire a gut feeling to help in the analysis of the games. Mathematical exploration is a deep form of play; that maxim is embodied in this book. Game Theory through Examples is a lively introduction to this appealing theory. Assuming only high school prerequisites makes the volume especially suitable for a liberal arts or general education spirit-of-mathematics course. It could also serve as the active-learning supplement to a more abstract text in an upper-division game theory course. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Game Theory, Alive Anna R. Karlin, Yuval Peres, 2017-04-27 We live in a highly connected world with multiple self-interested agents interacting and myriad opportunities for conflict and cooperation. The goal of game theory is to understand these opportunities. This book presents a rigorous introduction to the mathematics of game theory without losing sight of the joy of the subject. This is done by focusing on theoretical highlights (e.g., at least six Nobel Prize winning results are developed from scratch) and by presenting exciting connections of game theory to other fields such as computer science (algorithmic game theory), economics (auctions and matching markets), social choice (voting theory), biology (signaling and evolutionary stability), and learning theory. Both classical topics, such as zero-sum games, and modern topics, such as sponsored search auctions, are covered. Along the way, beautiful mathematical tools used in game theory are introduced, including convexity, fixed-point theorems, and probabilistic arguments. The book is appropriate for a first course in game theory at either the undergraduate or graduate level, whether in mathematics, economics, computer science, or statistics. The importance of game-theoretic thinking transcends the academic setting—for every action we take, we must consider not only its direct effects, but also how it influences the incentives of others. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Twenty Lectures on Algorithmic Game Theory Tim Roughgarden, 2016-08-30 Computer science and economics have engaged in a lively interaction over the past fifteen years, resulting in the new field of algorithmic game theory. Many problems that are central to modern computer science, ranging from resource allocation in large networks to online advertising, involve interactions between multiple self-interested parties. Economics and game theory offer a host of useful models and definitions to reason about such problems. The flow of ideas also travels in the other direction, and concepts from computer science are increasingly important in economics. This book grew out of the author's Stanford University course on algorithmic game theory, and aims to give students and other newcomers a quick and accessible introduction to many of the most important concepts in the field. The book also includes case studies on online advertising, wireless spectrum auctions, kidney exchange, and network management. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: The Perfect Bet Adam Kucharski, 2016-02-23 An elegant and amusing account of how gambling has been reshaped by the application of science and revealed the truth behind a lucky bet (Wall Street Journal). For the past 500 years, gamblers-led by mathematicians and scientists-have been trying to figure out how to pull the rug out from under Lady Luck. In The Perfect Bet, mathematician and award-winning writer Adam Kucharski tells the astonishing story of how the experts have succeeded, revolutionizing mathematics and science in the process. The house can seem unbeatable. Kucharski shows us just why it isn't. Even better, he demonstrates how the search for the perfect bet has been crucial for the scientific pursuit of a better world. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: A Game-Theoretic Perspective on Coalition Formation Debraj Ray, 2007-11 Drawing upon and extending his inaugural Lipsey Lectures, Debraj Ray looks at coalition formation from the perspective of game theory. Ray brings together developments in both cooperative and noncooperative game theory to study the analytics of coalition formation and binding agreements. |
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| dominant strategy definition economics: Economics of Strategy David Dranove, David Besanko, Mark Shanley, Scott Schaefer, 2017-07-17 This text is an unbound, three hole punched version. Access to WileyPLUS sold separately. Economics of Strategy, Binder Ready Version focuses on the key economic concepts students must master in order to develop a sound business strategy. Ideal for undergraduate managerial economics and business strategy courses, Economics of Strategy offers a careful yet accessible translation of advanced economic concepts to practical problems facing business managers. Armed with general principles, today's students--tomorrows future managers--will be prepared to adjust their firms business strategies to the demands of the ever-changing environment. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: An Introduction to the Theory of Mechanism Design Tilman Borgers, 2015-05-01 What is the best way to auction an asset? How should a group of people organize themselves to ensure the best provision of public goods? How should exchanges be organized? In An Introduction to the Theory of Mechanism Design, Tilman Börgers addresses these questions and more through an exploration of the economic theory of mechanism design. Mechanism design is reverse game theory. Whereas game theory takes the rules of the game as a given and makes predictions about the behavior of strategic players, the theory of mechanism design goes a step further and selects the optimal rules of the game. A relatively new economic theory, mechanism design studies the instrument itself as well as the results of the instrument. An Introduction to the Theory of Mechanism Design provides rigorous but accessible explanations of classic results in the theory of mechanism design, such as Myerson's theorem on expected revenue maximizing auctions, Myerson and Satterthwaite's theorem on the impossibility of ex post efficient bilateral trade with asymmetric information, and Gibbard and Satterthwaite's theorem on the non-existence of dominant strategy voting mechanisms. Börgers also provides an examination of the frontiers of current research in the area with an original and unified perspective that will appeal to advanced students of economics. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Game Theory Aviad Heifetz, 2012-05-31 A guide to the fundamentals of game theory for undergraduates and MBA students. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: The Theory of Learning in Games Drew Fudenberg, David K. Levine, 1998 This work explains that equilibrium is the long-run outcome of a process in which non-fully rational players search for optimality over time. The models they e×plore provide a foundation for equilibrium theory and suggest ways for economists to evaluate and modify traditional equilibrium concepts. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Epistemic Game Theory Andrés Perea, 2012-06-07 The first textbook to explain the principles of epistemic game theory. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Theory of Games and Economic Behavior John Von Neumann, Oskar Morgenstern, 2020-01-29 This is the classic work upon which modern-day game theory is based. What began as a modest proposal that a mathematician and an economist write a short paper together blossomed, when Princeton University Press published Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. In it, John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern conceived a groundbreaking mathematical theory of economic and social organization, based on a theory of games of strategy. Not only would this revolutionize economics, but the entirely new field of scientific inquiry it yielded--game theory--has since been widely used to analyze a host of real-world phenomena from arms races to optimal policy choices of presidential candidates, from vaccination policy to major league baseball salary negotiations. And it is today established throughout both the social sciences and a wide range of other sciences. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Game Theory and Economic Modelling David M. Kreps, 1990 Comprises lectures given at Tel Aviv University and Oxford University in 1990. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: The Strategy of Conflict Thomas C. Schelling, 1980 Analyzes the nature of international disagreements and conflict resolution in terms of game theory and non-zero-sum games. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff, 2010-01-04 “I am hard pressed to think of another book that can match the combination of practical insights and reading enjoyment.”—Steven Levitt Game theory means rigorous strategic thinking. It’s the art of anticipating your opponent’s next moves, knowing full well that your rival is trying to do the same thing to you. Though parts of game theory involve simple common sense, much is counterintuitive, and it can only be mastered by developing a new way of seeing the world. Using a diverse array of rich case studies—from pop culture, TV, movies, sports, politics, and history—the authors show how nearly every business and personal interaction has a game-theory component to it. Mastering game theory will make you more successful in business and life, and this lively book is the key to that mastery. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Supermodularity and Complementarity Donald M. Topkis, 2011-02-11 The economics literature is replete with examples of monotone comparative statics; that is, scenarios where optimal decisions or equilibria in a parameterized collection of models vary monotonically with the parameter. Most of these examples are manifestations of complementarity, with a common explicit or implicit theoretical basis in properties of a super-modular function on a lattice. Supermodular functions yield a characterization for complementarity and extend the notion of complementarity to a general setting that is a natural mathematical context for studying complementarity and monotone comparative statics. Concepts and results related to supermodularity and monotone comparative statics constitute a new and important formal step in the long line of economics literature on complementarity. This monograph links complementarity to powerful concepts and results involving supermodular functions on lattices and focuses on analyses and issues related to monotone comparative statics. Don Topkis, who is known for his seminal contributions to this area, here presents a self-contained and up-to-date view of this field, including many new results, to scholars interested in economic theory and its applications as well as to those in related disciplines. The emphasis is on methodology. The book systematically develops a comprehensive, integrated theory pertaining to supermodularity, complementarity, and monotone comparative statics. It then applies that theory in the analysis of many diverse economic models formulated as decision problems, noncooperative games, and cooperative games. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Game Theory Topics Evelyn C. Fink, Scott Gates, Brian D. Humes, 1998-05-26 PLEASE UPDATE SAGE UK AND SAGE INDIA ADDRESSES ON IMPRINT PAGE. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Economy, Society and Public Policy The Core Team, 2019 Economy, Society, and Public Policy is a new way to learn economics. It is designed specifically for students studying social sciences, public policy, business studies, engineering and other disciplines who want to understand how the economy works and how it can be made to work better. Topical policy problems are used to motivate learning of key concepts and methods of economics. It engages, challenges and empowers students, and will provide them with the tools to articulate reasoned views on pressing policy problems. This project is the result of a worldwide collaboration between researchers, educators, and students who are committed to bringing the socially relevant insights of economics to a broader audience.KEY FEATURESESPP does not teach microeconomics as a body of knowledge separate from macroeconomicsStudents begin their study of economics by understanding that the economy is situated within society and the biosphereStudents study problems of identifying causation, not just correlation, through the use of natural experiments, lab experiments, and other quantitative methodsSocial interactions, modelled using simple game theory, and incomplete information, modelled using a series of principal-agent problems, are introduced from the beginning. As a result, phenomena studied by the other social sciences such as social norms and the exercise of power play a roleThe insights of diverse schools of thought, from Marx and the classical economists to Hayek and Schumpeter, play an integral part in the bookThe way economists think about public policy is central to ESPP. This is introduced in Units 2 and 3, rather than later in the course. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Networks, Crowds, and Markets David Easley, Jon Kleinberg, 2010-07-19 Are all film stars linked to Kevin Bacon? Why do the stock markets rise and fall sharply on the strength of a vague rumour? How does gossip spread so quickly? Are we all related through six degrees of separation? There is a growing awareness of the complex networks that pervade modern society. We see them in the rapid growth of the internet, the ease of global communication, the swift spread of news and information, and in the way epidemics and financial crises develop with startling speed and intensity. This introductory book on the new science of networks takes an interdisciplinary approach, using economics, sociology, computing, information science and applied mathematics to address fundamental questions about the links that connect us, and the ways that our decisions can have consequences for others. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Science Paul Humphreys, 2016-08-04 This handbook provides both an overview of state-of-the-art scholarship in philosophy of science, as well as a guide to new directions in the discipline. Section I contains broad overviews of the main lines of research and the state of established knowledge in six principal areas of the discipline, including computational, physical, biological, psychological and social sciences, as well as general philosophy of science. Section II covers what are considered to be the traditional topics in the philosophy of science, such as causation, probability, models, ethics and values, and explanation. Section III identifies new areas of investigation that show promise of becoming important areas of research, including the philosophy of astronomy and astrophysics, data, complexity theory, neuroscience, simulations, post-Kuhnian philosophy, post-empiricist epistemology, and emergence. Most chapters are accessible to scientifically educated non-philosophers as well as to professional philosophers, and the contributors - all leading researchers in their field -- bring diverse perspectives from the North American, European, and Australasian research communities. This volume is an essential resource for scholars and students. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Strategic Interaction Erving Goffman, 1970 The two essays in this classic work by sociologist Erving Goffman deal with the calculative, gamelike aspects of human interaction. Goffman examines the strategy of words and deeds; he uses the term strategic interaction to describe gamelike events in which an individual's situation is fully dependent on the move of one's opponent and in which both players know this and have the wit to use this awareness for advantage. Goffman aims to show that strategic interaction can be isolated analytically from the general study of communication and face-to-face interaction. The first essay addresses expression games, in which a participant spars to discover the value of information given openly or unwittingly by another. The author uses vivid examples from espionage literature and high-level political intrigue to show how people mislead one another in the information game. Both observer and observed create evidence that is false and uncover evidence that is real. In Strategic Interaction, the book's second essay, action is the central concern, and expression games are secondary. Goffman makes clear that often, when it seems that an opponent sets off a course of action through verbal communication, he really has a finger on your trigger, your chips on the table, or your check in his bank. Communication may reinforce conduct, but in the end, action speaks louder. Those who gamble with their wits, and those who study those who do, will find this analysis important and stimulating. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Strategies and Games, second edition Prajit K. Dutta, Wouter Vergote, 2022-08-09 The new edition of a widely used introduction to game theory and its applications, with a focus on economics, business, and politics. This widely used introduction to game theory is rigorous but accessible, unique in its balance between the theoretical and the practical, with examples and applications following almost every theory-driven chapter. In recent years, game theory has become an important methodological tool for all fields of social sciences, biology and computer science. This second edition of Strategies and Games not only takes into account new game theoretical concepts and applications such as bargaining and matching, it also provides an array of chapters on game theory applied to the political arena. New examples, case studies, and applications relevant to a wide range of behavioral disciplines are now included. The authors map out alternate pathways through the book for instructors in economics, business, and political science. The book contains four parts: strategic form games, extensive form games, asymmetric information games, and cooperative games and matching. Theoretical topics include dominance solutions, Nash equilibrium, Condorcet paradox, backward induction, subgame perfection, repeated and dynamic games, Bayes-Nash equilibrium, mechanism design, auction theory, signaling, the Shapley value, and stable matchings. Applications and case studies include OPEC, voting, poison pills, Treasury auctions, trade agreements, pork-barrel spending, climate change, bargaining and audience costs, markets for lemons, and school choice. Each chapter includes concept checks and tallies end-of-chapter problems. An appendix offers a thorough discussion of single-agent decision theory, which underpins game theory. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Fundamentals of Evolutionary Game Theory and its Applications Jun Tanimoto, 2015-10-23 This book both summarizes the basic theory of evolutionary games and explains their developing applications, giving special attention to the 2-player, 2-strategy game. This game, usually termed a 2×2 game” in the jargon, has been deemed most important because it makes it possible to posit an archetype framework that can be extended to various applications for engineering, the social sciences, and even pure science fields spanning theoretical biology, physics, economics, politics, and information science. The 2×2 game is in fact one of the hottest issues in the field of statistical physics. The book first shows how the fundamental theory of the 2×2 game, based on so-called replicator dynamics, highlights its potential relation with nonlinear dynamical systems. This analytical approach implies that there is a gap between theoretical and reality-based prognoses observed in social systems of humans as well as in those of animal species. The book explains that this perceived gap is the result of an underlying reciprocity mechanism called social viscosity. As a second major point, the book puts a sharp focus on network reciprocity, one of the five fundamental mechanisms for adding social viscosity to a system and one that has been a great concern for study by statistical physicists in the past decade. The book explains how network reciprocity works for emerging cooperation, and readers can clearly understand the existence of substantial mechanics when the term network reciprocity is used. In the latter part of the book, readers will find several interesting examples in which evolutionary game theory is applied. One such example is traffic flow analysis. Traffic flow is one of the subjects that fluid dynamics can deal with, although flowing objects do not comprise a pure fluid but, rather, are a set of many particles. Applying the framework of evolutionary games to realistic traffic flows, the book reveals that social dilemma structures lie behind traffic flow. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Game Theory Basics Bernhard von Stengel, 2021-08-19 A lively introduction to Game Theory, ideal for students in mathematics, computer science, or economics. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Philosophy of Economics Uskali Mäki, 2012-06-12 Part of the Handbook of the Philosophy of Science Series edited by: Dov M. Gabbay King's College, London, UK; Paul Thagard University of Waterloo, Canada; and John Woods University of British Columbia, Canada. Philosophy of Economics investigates the foundational concepts and methods of economics, the social science that analyzes the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. This groundbreaking collection, the most thorough treatment of the philosophy of economics ever published, brings together philosophers, scientists and historians to map out the central topics in the field. The articles are divided into two groups. Chapters in the first group deal with various philosophical issues characteristic of economics in general, including realism and Lakatos, explanation and testing, modeling and mathematics, political ideology and feminist epistemology. Chapters in the second group discuss particular methods, theories and branches of economics, including forecasting and measurement, econometrics and experimentation, rational choice and agency issues, game theory and social choice, behavioral economics and public choice, geographical economics and evolutionary economics, and finally the economics of scientific knowledge. This volume serves as a detailed introduction for those new to the field as well as a rich source of new insights and potential research agendas for those already engaged with the philosophy of economics. Provides a bridge between philosophy and current scientific findings Encourages multi-disciplinary dialogue Covers theory and applications |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Philosophy of Complex Systems , 2011-05-23 The domain of nonlinear dynamical systems and its mathematical underpinnings has been developing exponentially for a century, the last 35 years seeing an outpouring of new ideas and applications and a concomitant confluence with ideas of complex systems and their applications from irreversible thermodynamics. A few examples are in meteorology, ecological dynamics, and social and economic dynamics. These new ideas have profound implications for our understanding and practice in domains involving complexity, predictability and determinism, equilibrium, control, planning, individuality, responsibility and so on.Our intention is to draw together in this volume, we believe for the first time, a comprehensive picture of the manifold philosophically interesting impacts of recent developments in understanding nonlinear systems and the unique aspects of their complexity. The book will focus specifically on the philosophical concepts, principles, judgments and problems distinctly raised by work in the domain of complex nonlinear dynamical systems, especially in recent years.-Comprehensive coverage of all main theories in the philosophy of Complex Systems -Clearly written expositions of fundamental ideas and concepts -Definitive discussions by leading researchers in the field -Summaries of leading-edge research in related fields are also included |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics , 2013-03-29 Every decision about energy involves its price and cost. The price of gasoline and the cost of buying from foreign producers; the price of nuclear and hydroelectricity and the costs to our ecosystems; the price of electricity from coal-fired plants and the cost to the atmosphere. Giving life to inventions, lifestyle changes, geopolitical shifts, and things in-between, energy economics is of high interest to Academia, Corporations and Governments. For economists, energy economics is one of three subdisciplines which, taken together, compose an economic approach to the exploitation and preservation of natural resources: energy economics, which focuses on energy-related subjects such as renewable energy, hydropower, nuclear power, and the political economy of energy resource economics, which covers subjects in land and water use, such as mining, fisheries, agriculture, and forests environmental economics, which takes a broader view of natural resources through economic concepts such as risk, valuation, regulation, and distribution Although the three are closely related, they are not often presented as an integrated whole. This Encyclopedia has done just that by unifying these fields into a high-quality and unique overview. The only reference work that codifies the relationships among the three subdisciplines: energy economics, resource economics and environmental economics. Understanding these relationships just became simpler! Nobel Prize Winning Editor-in-Chief (joint recipient 2007 Peace Prize), Jason Shogren, has demonstrated excellent team work again, by coordinating and steering his Editorial Board to produce a cohesive work that guides the user seamlessly through the diverse topics This work contains in equal parts information from and about business, academic, and government perspectives and is intended to serve as a tool for unifying and systematizing research and analysis in business, universities, and government |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Game Theory in Economics Ariel Rubinstein, 1990 During the 1980s, economic theory has been revolutionised by game theory. The game theory approach is now very widely used throughout the profession and has become a major tool for the construction of new economic models. It is the basic tool in the construction of a modern theory of industrial organisation and it has led to important developments in finance, labour economics and international trade. This major new collection - prepared by a leading international authority - is orientated towards researchers, professors and graduate students who are interested in the interface between game theory and economic theory. They include the seminal and most important recent papers on the development and application of game theory in economics. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Games of Strategy Dixit, Avinash K, Skeath, Susan, 2015-01-05 A clear, comprehensive introduction to the study of game theory. In the fourth edition, new real-world examples and compelling end-of-chapter exercises engage students with game theory. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Economic Foundations of Strategy Joseph T. Mahoney, 2005 The theoretical foundations of management strategy are identified and outlined in this text. Five theories are considered in the light of questions about how organisations operate efficiently, cost minimization, wealth creation, individual self-interest, and continued growth. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Games and Decisions R. Duncan Luce, Howard Raiffa, 2012-09-20 Superb non-technical introduction to game theory, primarily applied to social sciences. Clear, comprehensive coverage of utility theory, 2-person zero-sum games, 2-person non-zero-sum games, n-person games, individual and group decision-making, more. Bibliography. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man John Perkins, 2004-11-09 Perkins, a former chief economist at a Boston strategic-consulting firm, confesses he was an economic hit man for 10 years, helping U.S. intelligence agencies and multinationals cajole and blackmail foreign leaders into serving U.S. foreign policy and awarding lucrative contracts to American business. |
| dominant strategy definition economics: Game Theory Drew Fudenberg, Jean Tirole, 1991-08-29 This advanced text introduces the principles of noncooperative game theory in a direct and uncomplicated style that will acquaint students with the broad spectrum of the field while highlighting and explaining what they need to know at any given point. This advanced text introduces the principles of noncooperative game theory—including strategic form games, Nash equilibria, subgame perfection, repeated games, and games of incomplete information—in a direct and uncomplicated style that will acquaint students with the broad spectrum of the field while highlighting and explaining what they need to know at any given point. The analytic material is accompanied by many applications, examples, and exercises. The theory of noncooperative games studies the behavior of agents in any situation where each agent's optimal choice may depend on a forecast of the opponents' choices. Noncooperative refers to choices that are based on the participant's perceived selfinterest. Although game theory has been applied to many fields, Fudenberg and Tirole focus on the kinds of game theory that have been most useful in the study of economic problems. They also include some applications to political science. The fourteen chapters are grouped in parts that cover static games of complete information, dynamic games of complete information, static games of incomplete information, dynamic games of incomplete information, and advanced topics. |
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A feasible strategy for a player in an N-player game is said to be a dominant strategy for this player if it is this player’s best response to any feasible choice of strategies for the other players.
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Oct 22, 2001 · For Player 1, M is a dominated strategy: If Player 2 chooses L or C, T is better, and if 2 chooses R, B is better. Under no circumstances would M be a good choice.
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Aug 23, 2019 · The dominant strategy was introduced in the previous chapter. Dominant Strategy = A strategy that results in the highest payoff to a player regardless of the opponent’s action.
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The Basics of Game Theory - MIT OpenCourseWare
A player will have a dominant strategy if its choice is optimal regardless of what the opponent does. A strategy is dominant if it pays at least as much as any other strategy regardless the …
Week 6: Dominant Strategies - The University of Warwick
In fact, the dominating strategy yields a higher expected payo regardless of the rational player's beliefs regarding other players' strategies. A very simple, yet powerful lesson: when faced with …
Chapter 8: Dominant Strategies - economics.uwo.ca
Thus a strategy, namely a row or column in a normal form, should be a complete contingency plan that tells the player which action to take given which scenario, and the plan should cover all …
Dominant Strategy Mechanism Design - Cornell University
We would like to design a game for which truth-telling is a dominant strategy. A special case is the problem of assigning a single object to one of a number of individuals. One game that solves …
Microeconomics (Game theory and competitive strategy, Ch …
dominant strategy Strategy that is optimal no matter what an opponent does. Suppose Firms A and B sell competing products and are deciding whether to undertake advertising campaigns. …
Economics 51: Game Theory - Stanford University
If each player chooses a strategy, then the result is typically some physical outcome. However, the only thing that is relevant about each physical outcome are the payoffs that it generates …
Lecture 5 Nash equilibrium & Applications - MIT
Definition: A strategy si* is a dominant strategy iff si* weakly dominates every other strategy si. Definition: A strategy profile s* is a dominant-strategy equilibrium iff si* is a dominant strategy …
A Differential Approach to Dominant Strategy Mechanisms …
This paper shows how a number of questions about dominant strategy mechanisms in models with public goods can be conveniently formulated as systems of partial differential equations. …
Lecture Notes on Game Theory - MIT
These lecture notes extend some of the basic ideas in game theory that were covered in 15.010. We will begin by explaining what we mean by rational — or rationalizable — strategies. We will …
UNIT 6 GAME THEORY AND ITS APPLICATIONS its …
In Unit 5 we discussed the market structure of oligopoly where firms’ decision problem exhibit strategic interdependence. In such a market, output or price decision by one firm impacts …
Lecture 4 Dominance - MIT OpenCourseWare
Definition: A strategy profile s* is a dominant-strategy equilibrium iff Sj* is a dominant strategy for each player i. "- ./ otherwise. For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use, …
Game Theory: Basic Concepts and Terminology - ISU Sites
A feasible strategy for a player in an N-player game is said to be a dominant strategy for this player if it is this player’s best response to any feasible choice of strategies for the other players.
MS&E 246: Lecture 2 The basics - Stanford University
n is a weak dominant strategy if s n* weakly dominates all other s n ∈S n. s n* ∈S n is a strict dominant strategy if s n* strictly dominates all other s n ∈S n. (Note: dominant strategies are …
SHRI RAM COLLEGE OF COMMERCE SEM 4C SESSION 2019 …
A strategy profile of all the players will be denoted as s ≡ (s 1, ..., s n) ∈ S. A strategy profile of all the players excluding a Player i will be denoted by s−i. The set of all strategy profiles of players …
Game Theory: Introduction to Strategy - New York University
Oct 22, 2001 · For Player 1, M is a dominated strategy: If Player 2 chooses L or C, T is better, and if 2 chooses R, B is better. Under no circumstances would M be a good choice.
An Introduction to Game Theory - University of Oxford
John Nash, American mathematician and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (along with fellow game theorists John Harsanyi and Reinhard Selten) in 1994, is …
NASH AND DOMINANT STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION IN …
We characterize both Nash and dominant strategy. implementable social choice rules.
The Economics of Food and Agricultural Markets
Aug 23, 2019 · The dominant strategy was introduced in the previous chapter. Dominant Strategy = A strategy that results in the highest payoff to a player regardless of the opponent’s action.
Chapter 4 Dominance - MIT OpenCourseWare
This lecture is devoted to two solution concepts: dominant strategy equilibrium and rationalizability. These solution concepts are based on the idea that a rational player does not …
Chapter 6 Nash Equilibrium - MIT OpenCourseWare
Unfortunately, these solution concepts are not useful in most situations in economics. Except for the games that are specifically designed, as in the second-price auction, there is often no …
